Hi, I got the following report from a Debian user:
On Sat 20 Aug 2005, Ross Boylan wrote: > > The man page says "a modern rsync uses ssh for its communications" > (while noting it may have been configure otherwise, but then goes on > to say (about remote shells) "One common substitute is to use ssh", > which makes it sound as if ssh is not the default. > > Either I'm missing something, or the man page needs to be clarified. > Or perhaps both. I *think* its using ssh since I've been transferring > between systems that don't allow rsh without problem. I think he's got a point there. The following patch should suffice, it looks like that sentence is a remnant from when rsh was the default. Paul --- rsync.yo.orig 2005-07-29 11:24:21.000000000 +0200 +++ rsync.yo 2005-09-15 11:39:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ You can also specify any remote shell you like, either by using the bf(-e) command line option, or by setting the RSYNC_RSH environment variable. -One common substitute is to use ssh, which offers a high degree of -security. - Note that rsync must be installed on both the source and destination machines. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
